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A better thing would be if CEOs would take that oath. Software engineers tend to be told what to do, they are more like soldiers than like doctors.

What would be good if we took a leaf out of the book of the real engineers and started caring out what we put out there as though lives depend on it. But that starts with getting rid of all of those disclaimers. No other industry gets away with accepting such little liability as the software profession.



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